Hello and welcome to Project Nitsuj. Let’s talk about CloverWorks. Ever since the studio was founded it’s been the subject of ridicule from fans. Why? Because they keep screwing up in spectacular ways. For whatever reason they keep getting good stories and somehow find a way to botch them in the anime. The studio received a lot of flak for Darling in the FRANXX as well the Persona 5 anime. Today, they’ve developed a reputation as being a studio that flip flops between good and bad. In that they’ll make a bad anime only to turn around and make a good anime then turn around again and make a bad anime. Is consistency too much to ask for? One of the studio’s first major hits was today’s anime, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai. Also known as Seishun Buta Yarō, this was a light novel written by Hajime Kamoshida in 2014 and still continuing to this day. The anime came out in 2018 where it became an instant hit. It took the typical high school romance setting and turned it into something nobody has ever seen before. It won people over and gave them faith that this was a studio that could produce great anime. Let’s see what this unique anime brought to the table. This is Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.
Opening and Ending
The opening is “Kimi no Sei” by the peggies. A good rock song that give off some serious “this is youth” vibes. I don’t know, the song just gives off this energy that all of our triumphs and hardships that we experience is a part of youth and helps shapes us into the people we are today. I did like the opening animation as it doesn’t give much away about the anime you are about to. Aside from seeing a girl in bunny outfit this anime gives you context into what it’s going to be about. A good way to build up intrigue and interest in the anime.
Our ending is “Fukashigi no Carte” by the VAs. One my favorite ending songs from 2018 and a song I still listen to today. There are 6 versions of this song and each one is great that it’s hard to choose which one is the best of the bunch. No matter which version you listen to you get swept away into the emotions of the singer and become enchanted with the with the song.
Episodes 1-3
The anime starts off with a boy named Sakuta voiced by Kaito Ishikawa (Genos from One-Punch Man). Your average everyday high school boy with no really redeeming features and tries his best to keep a low profile in life (his main job after high school will be NPC). When he’s in the library, he sees his senpai Mai voiced by Asami Seto (Chiyuki from Death Parade), a popular girl in school who works part-time as an actress walking around wearing a bunny girl outfit and he’s the only one that can see her (well clearly everyone is blind, or this is some erotic dream he’s having). Mai tells Sakuta to forget what he saw (wahaha! Impossible) and she walks away (scene here: https://youtu.be/NTeE2IHtBzs). We then cut to next morning of him waking up in bed with his little sister Kaede voiced by Yurika Kubo (Loki from DanMachi) who likes to sneak into his bed and sleep with him (well that’s one trope that seems to never want to die). He goes to school where we see he’s an outcast because apparently he sent 3 people to the hospital some time ago (it’s always the quiet ones) and Mai is also an outcast partially because of celebrity status but also because she didn’t start attending school until half way through the semester and by that time everyone had established their own social circles (or kliq as some like to call it). Not wanting to disrupt the status quo nobody approached her and ignored her existence all together. After school Sakuta and Mai meet each other at the train station where they talk about her problem where she honestly has no idea why this is happening or why nobody can see her. Sakuta believes this is the work of adolescence syndrome an urban legend that gives people special powers and affects in different ways. Mai doesn’t believe this but Sakuta tells her about his sister and how she was cyberbullied which resulted in her getting cuts and bruises all over her body (see, cyberbulling does hurt people). This resulted in Kaede becoming a shut-in, not leaving the apartment, and staying away from all forms of media (wow, in today’s society that says a lot). Sakuta also mysteriously gained scar marks on his chest which resulted in him going to the hospital and the rumors of him being blown out of proportion. Sakuta says that Mai should return to TV in order to fix this problem but apparently there are a few personal issues she has with that and she says no. Mai soon goes missing and Sakuta talks to his only other friend Rio voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki (Lisa from Terror in Resonance) the sole member of the science club who doesn’t believe in adolescence syndrome as it’s too unscientific (that’s what they said about Trump being president and look what happened). Sakuta asks her about Mai’s problem and she theorizes that this is observation theory. When something is observed it will be recognized by others but when one stops being observed not only do they become invisible but their existence as well. After coming to this realization, Sakuta runs back home where he finds Mai outside of his apartment. Apparently, her invisibility is beginning to spread as nobody near her house can see her meaning if something isn’t done soon, her very existence will disappear.
In episode 2 we find out that the reason why Mai left the showbiz is because of her mom (her manager) who forced her to do a swimsuit photoshoot back in middle school much to her displeasure (you sexualized your own daughter back in middle school? I get that she’s pretty but come on, let’s not go all Toddlers and Tiara up in here). Sakuta got this information from a reporter named Nanjo who’s been investigating the adolescence syndrome. In exchange for the information, he had to give her a picture of his scars (be honest, you just wanted to see his abs because you are thirsty). This upsets Mai because once that picture goes public it’ll put him and Kaede in the media’s spotlight (and those people are vultures). Mai calls Nanjo and says not to show that picture. In return, Mai will give her an exclusive interview about her return to showbiz under a new agency (scene here: https://youtu.be/yrXbkS7iAIw). They both go home where we find out that Mai lives across the street from him (that’s kind of funny) and she invites him on a “date” tomorrow (I use quotations because according to her it’s not a date therefore it is date). When he leaves for his date, he sees a lost child and tries to help her only to get kicked by a girl around his age who accuses him of being a pedo (no, just a realistic male with some good one-liners). After the misunderstanding is cleared up she bends over and tells Sakuta to kick her in order to apologize for her mistake. He hesitates at first but kicks her just as a police officer comes around to see them (nothing to see here officer, just indulging someone’s fetish). They get taken in for questioning which causes Sakuta to be late for his “date” by 1 hour and 38min (scene here: https://youtu.be/-yRSrhEi9KM). Yet, despite this, Mai actually waited for him to show up (she likes him). On the train ride, Mai asks Sakuta why he’s helping her so much. Well besides the obvious reasons, he wanted her to have someone to lean on. When Kaede developed adolescence syndrome nobody believed him and he was all but ready to give up until he met a girl named Shoko who was there for him. Sakuta soon developed a crush on her, and after middle school, transferred to her school to find her but when he got there she was nowhere to be found and just vanished with nobody knowing who she was (https://youtu.be/HQoRXhS7vlU). After their train ride they arrive at the beach where Mai has called out her mom to tell her that she’s joining another agency (oh that conversation will go well). As Mai’s mom approaches them she passes by Mai not seeing her at all. Even Mai’s message to her has her name blurred out. Mai’s very existence seems to be leaving as nobody can remember her at all. Sakuta and Mai journey outside the city where they hope to find anyone who remembers her but come up short. The only person besides Sakuta who remembers her is his good friend Yuuma (and probably other adolescent teens). They decide to call it a night and sleep in a hotel with cramped rooms where they share a bed. You can tell that Mai is doing everything in her power to stop herself from breaking down and it’s thanks to Sakuta just being with her that she hasn’t completely gone over the edge.
Episode 3 starts in the hotel room where Sakuta couldn’t sleep at all. They then go to a school where Rio theorizes that the school’s atmosphere and sleeping caused the students to no longer remember her and that somehow is starting to leak out into the city (https://youtu.be/2-WPlvZguZ4). In the simplest of terms, Mai’s situation is like Schrödinger’s cat, her existence cannot be confirmed by those who refuse to acknowledge her which means if Sakuta falls asleep which is a state in which nobody but you exists, Sakuta will forget about Mai. After hearing this, Sakuta does everything in his power to stay awake as midterms are around the corner. Mai catches on to this and on the second night of exams, she tutors him and puts sleeping pills in his drink to get him to sleep. The next morning Sakuta has completely forgotten all about Mai until he takes the exams where through the magic of kanji, he remembers her and knows what he has to do to bring her back, he must change the status quo of the school. So, he gets up from his seat and runs out into the school’s baseball field (well that’s an automatic failure on exams) and confesses his love to her by shouting it out for everyone to hear (oh~ this is so embarrassing to watch). This actually works and Mai returns where she doesn’t respond to his feelings as she doesn’t want to get swept up in the heat of the moment. She also tells the school that Sakuta’s troubled past is all BS too and the two get called to the office for their actions (scene here: https://youtu.be/ZZUFKVK2oPg, this was the obvious outcome).
Episodes 4-8
We start a new arc in episode 4. Sakuta finds himself stuck in a time loop as he keeps repeating the same day (oh God, please don’t say we’re gonna get another endless 8 story). On the third repeat, Sakuta manages to find the cause of the time loop, a 1st year student named Tomoe voiced by Nao Toyama (Lelei from Gate), the same girl Sakuta kicked in episode 2. She’s hiding in a classroom to avoid meeting a senpai named Maezawa who wants to ask her out. Tomoe’s friend likes him and she has no feelings for him so she’s reluctant to accept his offer as she’s afraid of what’ll happen (if she says yes and then she says not interested, she’ll upset her friend. If she rejects him right away, he’ll probably spread nasty rumors about her and her friend will hate her for ruining her chances with Maezawa. No matter what she does she’s screwed). Sakuta and Tomoe accidently fall on each other which upsets Maezawa who walks in on them and Mai who also walks in and sees them (scene here: https://youtu.be/Sd2h1BQMuaw. Uh Mai I can explain. . .harem). This incident breaks them out of the time loop but Mai is still upset with Sakuta and skips school. At his job at Denny’s (it’s called Benny’s but come on, who are they fooling?), Tomoe joins as a waitress and has spread the rumor that she and Sakuta are dating to keep Maezawa off her back. She wants to keep the lie going until the end of the semester, that way they can just say they broke up during the summer and after much pleading, Sakuta agrees to keep up the lie (he may have lost the bunny, but he caught a demon). When he returns home, he receives a visit from Mai who wants an explanation (the bunny found her way home).
In episode 5, Sakuta gives Mai an explanation and she forgives him. She soon leaves for a shoot leaving Sakuta to begin his fake relationship with Tomoe (the bunny is confident that no matter how cute the demon is, her owner will choose her). Through their interactions with each other we see how Sakuta and Tomoe are the complete opposite of each other. Sakuta is that guy who doesn’t care what anyone thinks of them. He doesn’t follow the crowd, he does his own thing and is comfortable just being himself (he reminds of myself back in high school. I had friends but at the same time I didn’t act like a certain way in order to get the approval of everyone around me. I didn’t care what everyone thought about me and I still have that mindset to this day. Accept me for who I am or leave me alone). Tomoe is that girl who followed the crowd because she’s afraid of being left out and alone. We find out that she came from the countryside but moved to the city when her dad got a job change. When she moved to the city she changed her image entirely in order to fit in (even changing her dialect and learning how to speak like everyone else in the city). As the two continue to date, Maezawa starts to spread nasty rumors about the two such as calling Tomoe a slut and even saying the two are going at it like rabbits (if they were, it’d be more action than he gets). Sakuta actually fights and beats Maezawa by kicking him in the shins and making him look like a fool in front of everyone. He also tells everyone that he’s still a virgin to dispel the rumors and runs off with Tomoe where he assures her that they’ll remain friends even after their relationship is over (scene here: https://youtu.be/IdKoREz6HrQ).
Episode 6, wraps up Tomoe’s arc. It’s the day before summer vacation as well as the last day of Sakuta and Tomoe’s fake relationship. They go out with a bang by going to the beach and having a good time. The next day rolls around and Sakuta finds himself in another time loop repeating the same day over and over again (shiiiiiiit~, endless 8 flashbacks). On the 4th time around Sakuta and Tomoe switch things up and go to Enoshima (a nice tourist spot known for their sweets and temples) where Tomoe confesses that she fell in love with him (obviously) and was repeating the day in the hopes that Sakuta would fall for her but to no avail. Tomoe confesses and Sakuta rejects her ending their fake relationship on a sober note. Tomoe rewinds the clock back to when this all originally began where Sakuta asks Mai out on a date and this time not only does she say yes, she kisses him on the cheek. Tomoe has also grown as this time she outright rejects Maezawa. This results in a rift between her and her friends but she finds a whole new group of friends to hang out with so everything worked out for her. The days go by and when Mai and Sakuta are walking home in the rain, they see a girl looking over an abandoned kitten. Sakuta offers to take it in and the girl reveals herself to be Shoko voiced by Inori Minase (Hestia from Danmachi) a middle school girl who bears a striking resemblance to Sakuta’s first crush and even has her exact name and everything.
In episode 7 we get started on the Rio arc. We start with Shoko visiting Sakuta’s house to check in on the kitten. Despite having the same name as Sakuta’s first crush, Shoko has no memory or recollection of Sakuta at all. Sakuta goes to talk to Rio at the library where we see she’s different. Her hair is tied up and she ditched the glasses in exchange for contacts (in other words, she’s hotter now). He later meets up with Mai where they see Rio enter a net café where they follow her in and contact her via cellphone to find out where she is where they run into Rio in the café while talking to Rio on the telephone (well clearly Rio has a hot twin sister she’s been hiding from us). It turns out that there are two Rios and they have no idea how this came to happen. Sakuta takes the nerdy Rio back to his house to spend the night along with Mai who also spends the night. The next day, Sakuta tracks down the other Rio at school, who was watching Yuuma’s (Sakuta’s other friend) basketball game as she has a crush on him (too bad he’s dating a shallow bitch who only cares about looks and popularity. I know that sounds mean but it’s the truth. In the first episode she literally told Sakuta to stop hanging around Yuuma). The other Rio believes she knows why the split happened and takes off not telling Sakuta. Sakuta gets stopped by Saki, Yuuma’s bitchy girlfriend, who reveals that the other Rio has been posting risqué photos of herself online.
At the start of episode 8, Sakuta tells the nerdy Rio what the other Rio is doing online (posting bad risqué photos that not even the Jack Bros. would find arousing. (Corbin): The quality and angles of these are awful. I’m going back to looking at anthro MLP pics. *Nitsuj stares at Corbin in disbelief* What? I’m on a furry binge. I’m trying something new). The nerdy Rio reveals that she actually has an inferiority complex over her body. Her body matured much faster than the other girls around her age and she soon gained the attention of the boys who ogled her and made her feel filthy. However, despite feeling filthy she wanted the attention of others and was having conflicting feelings which resulted in the two Rios showing up. One represents the part of her that enjoys the attention, while the other one hates it. After this, Sakuta finds out Mai’s agency wants her to take a break from Sakuta and not wanting to mess up her return to showbiz agrees to keep his distance for the time being (what a caring boyfriend). Sakuta meets back up with the other Rio where she receives a threatening message from a stalker. Sakuta goes home with her and convinces Yuuma to come visit where they play with some sparklers on the beach and make plans to go to a fireworks festival. The next day, the nerdy Rio runs away deciding that the other Rio is living a more fulfilling life than her and believes she should live while the nerdy Rio should disappear (no. You both deserve to live. The nerdy you is your cute side). Sakuta braves a typhoon storm to find Rio at the school where he refuses to let the nerdy Rio disappear saying that he would miss her before passing out from a cold. He wakes up in a hospital with no severe damage and nerdy Rio calls the other Rio saying that she wants to go to the fireworks festival together. This reunites the two Rios and they become one again. A week later, and the three friends go to the firework festival where it’s hinted that Rio confessed to Yuuma but doesn’t want to hear his response as she already knows what he’s going to say (scene here: https://youtu.be/Pq5yCQ-BYls).
Episodes 9-13
In episode 9 the new school semester starts and Sakuta is excited as he’ll be able to spend time with Mai again. Unfortunately, she doesn’t show up at all leaving Sakuta alone. He does spot her in the evening only it’s not Mai but instead Nodoka, Mai’s half-sister and member of the idol pop group Sweet Bullet. She’s voiced by Maaya Uchida (Irina from Highschool DxD). Mai and Nodoka have somehow swapped bodies with each other (first Groundhog Day now Freaky Friday. Well I’ll give Hajime this, he has good taste in movies) and Mai believes the cause for this is Nodoka who has some resentment against Mai. You see Mai and Nodoka’s moms don’t like each other and are using their daughters in a proxy war with each other to find out who’s the better woman and mom. Mai took to show business like a fish in water, while Nodoka faltered a little. She struggled and had to work extra hard to get to the level she is today all while dealing with a mom who was constantly comparing her to someone else. Mai and Nodoka decide to live each other’s life until they can return to normal and Mai stays over at Sakuta’s house (man, this guy has more girls coming and going to his house than a male gigolo. I wonder what the neighbors think?). During this time Nodoka actually tells Mai that she hates her and she’s okay with that as she too also held some resentment for Nodoka (wow, they are sisters). At a video shoot, Nodoka collapses from hyperventilation being overwhelmed by living Mai’s life. Mai gives Sakuta a key to her apartment to look after Nodoka as she’s worried about her but at the same time has no idea what to tell her (she may not know how to be an older sister, but she still has her pride as one). The only thing Mai forbids Sakuta from doing is opening a cabinet in her apartment (so your room and underwear drawer is fair game? Nice). Sakuta goes into Mai’s house to commend Nodoka on her efforts and to prepare her a meal as well as clean up the place (and they say men are messy). While Nodoka is bathing, Sakuta approaches the cabinet Mai told him not to open.
At the start of episode 10, Sakuta opens up the cabinet and finds a tin box (what’s in the box? Continue to read to find out more). Nodoka successfully does Mai’s shoot and at the end of the month the two go to a Sweet Bullet concert where Mai performs excellently and gets picked to be the next lead for their next single making her mom proud of her for the first time. Nodoka decides that the world doesn’t need her anymore and tries to kill herself (you’re in Mai’s body, you dumb bitch! What do you think gonna’s happen when they fish out the body and see that it’s Mai!?). Sakuta stops her and shows the tin box back at Mai’s apartment which contains letters Nodoka wrote to Mai. To Mai, those letters were her treasure and the things that kept her going in the showbiz (scene here: https://youtu.be/Cv2M9iXqd9o). The two sisters embrace in a hug where Mai says Nodoka doesn’t have to be like her and should just pursue her own goals. That’s what she and Nodoka’s mother both want for her. The two revert back to their original selves bringing the arc to a close where Rio suggests that this phenomenon was variation of the quantum teleportation bought on by Nodoka wanting to be like Mai and Mai possibly being jealous of Nodoka. After the credits, Nodoka moves in with Mai after getting into an argument with her mom and Mai’s relationship with Sakuta goes public (he’s going to receive a lot of death threats).
Episode 11 is a good and wholesome episode. It starts off at a press conference where the media is questioning Mai about her relationship with Sakuta. She comes out and says that they’re dating, that he’s the one responsible for getting her back into showbiz and asks the media to respect his privacy (it’s the media sweetheart, they respect nothing). Shockingly, the scandal dies down quickly after that (I was expecting Sakuta to receive at least one death threat or a crazy stalker fan trying to kill him) and the story shifts to Kaede who decides to look in the mirror and make that change. She sets goals for herself to go outside and ultimately go back to school which is what we focus on for the rest of the episode. She starts off slow by answering the telephone and then takes her big step by going outside (and I have to admit it’s hard not to get emotional here. This is a very realistic story here. Kaede was bullied which left such an emotional and mental scar on her that she locked herself in her own home and cut off all media interaction but now thanks to Sakuta and the others, she’s finding her bravery to face the world again). After taking her first steps outside, Kaede’s progression continued to run along smoothly as she was able to walk to the elevator, then to the ground level, she went over to Mai’s place for dinner, and she even went to the beach with Sakuta, Mai, and Nodoka (scene here: https://youtu.be/B89Ywp3ELB8). While at the beach, an old friend of Kaede’s sees her and comes to say hi where Kaede doesn’t remember her at all because she has no memories of her past (scene here: https://youtu.be/3YRtrvb7pFc. That’s right, the bullying was so bad that she suppressed her memories. Again, this is something an actual person would do and has done).
We start off with a flashback in episode 12 where Sakuta explains that due to the cyberbullying, Kaede developed dissociative amnesia which means she couldn’t recall who she was at all and the memories she associated with herself (as in the Kaede that we see now isn’t the same Kaede Sakuta grew up with). With Kaede the way she was, Sakuta’s mother had a mental breakdown from the all the stress and worry and had to be hospitalized with his dad leaving Sakuta in charge of looking after Kaede. This is also where Sakuta developed the scars on his chest which would eventually lead to him meeting Shoko. The next day, Sakuta gives Kaede a book from one of her friends where she faints and gets taken to the hospital where the doctors say her past memories are returning, however, her current life will be forgotten (it’s like trading in one Kaede for another). While Sakuta plays it cool it’s obvious he’s torn on what he wants to do. He wants to help his sister and as the big brother he feels that he can’t show weakness in front of her (all he can do is just read the situation and do what he thinks is right). After the hospital, Kaede wants to try going to school, but the past trauma comes back to her when she sees other students and she freezes. They try going multiple times but Kaede freezes each time so Sakuta takes her for a change of pace and takes her to the zoo to cheer her up and then they sneak into the school at night (you are both crazy). Being in the school at night does give Kaede the courage she needs to attend school and the next morning Kaede wakes up with her memories and her current memories gone (which means that the Kaede we knew and encouraged all this time is gone. Scene here: https://youtu.be/VwTvk8tErJc).
In the final episode Sakuta lets his dad know about Kaede’s memories returning and they take her to the hospital where the doctors confirm that Kaede is returning to normal and want to keep her for a few days to run some tests and monitor her. Sakuta sneaks out of the hospital to hide his tears as he’s in a whirlpool of emotions. His sister is back but at the same time she’s gone. He’s now filled with regret as he feels that he couldn’t do anything for Kaede and now that she’s gone, he’ll never get that chance (he feels that he has failed as a big brother). As he cries out in the rain (with the most awkward running animation and facial expression in anime) he’s greeted by Shoko, the grown-up one (scene here: https://youtu.be/RxvsKDSOO50). Shoko looks after Sakuta in his time of need (that’s the bunny’s job lady) and reads Kaede’s diary to him where it gets revealed that everything Kaede did up until now was to make sure she and Sakuta wouldn’t have any regrets when she left (oh God the feels). Sakuta cries in the bath and soon cries himself to sleep (scene here: https://youtu.be/SfgLTjlS8e4). He wakes up the next morning to see that Shoko is gone and when he tells Rio about this later, she theorizes that Shoko was an illusion created by Sakuta (which actually would make sense. She appeared before him both times when he was at his most vulnerable, lowest, and lost moment in life. It wouldn’t be surprising if maybe in this state he created Shoko as someone to be there for him and help him out. It’s possible that Shoko represents a part of him). When Mai finds out about Sakuta’s situation she takes a quick break from her work to visit him where she finds out Shoko was there for him and takes her leave feeling sad, not because Sakuta was with his old crush (she’s smart enough to know he wouldn’t betray her and knows he’s not stupid enough to cheat on her) but because her boyfriend was in his hour of need and she couldn’t do anything for him at all (he was there for her but she couldn’t do a thing for him). Sakuta falls into a state of depression over Mai until Nodoka reveals to him that her birthday is today. He rushes off to Kanazawa where Mai is doing her work and the two are allowed a short 15-minute date where they make-up and watch the scenery as the snow falls. In the post-credits, Kaede gets discharged from the hospital where she says she wants to go to school now knowing that she’s no longer alone (scene here: https://youtu.be/5bEdXzAjmCg).
Final Thoughts
Okay, I only have one word to say: wow. Like seriously, wow. This anime was amazing. Everything about it from the story to the characters to the arcs, it’s all top tier in my book. The anime takes every trope and cliché you would expect to see in a setting like this and just throws them in the trash. The character of Sakuta is great. He’s not dense nor is he in a harem situation, he’s just an average guy who is smart, realistic, and has excellent one-liners that you would find yourself thinking or saying in a given situation. The female cast is also great as well. Mai and Nodoka’s stories are both good social commentary on being an outcast at school and parents trying to live through their kids. Tomoe’s story was one of the more relatable stories of the bunch and at the same time enjoyable. You kind of understand her problem and way of thinking because chances are you’ve been in a position like hers. She doesn’t want to lose her friends or have nasty rumors about her start up. She wants to feel safe and secure within the group. It’s understandable and at the end she makes the right decision. Rio’s story was the weakest. It may just be me but it went by way too fast. However, it was still good. It was interesting to see Rio’s baggage, how she feels inferior to others, and secretly has a crush on one of her friends who is currently dating someone else. On another note, I also like how she’s able to give a scientific explanation into why all of this bizarre stuff happening around Sakuta. Even though she finds all this stuff ridiculous she’s still there to lend him an ear, offer him advice, and help in any way she can. She’s a true friend. The final arc with Kaede will break you. We spend all season getting to know this character, her backstory, see her triumphs, and then see her disappear on us. It’s both good and heartbreaking to see Kaede get better and even Sakuta’s breakdown is relatable and understandable as he doesn’t know how to feel and believes he failed as a big brother. His relationship with Kaede might just be one of the best sibling relationships I’ve seen in an anime.
The animation is very good as is the music in this anime. It was top notch from beginning to end. CloverWorks knew this anime had to be a hit if they wanted to be seen as a legit company and they delivered here. As far as relationships go. I think the couple of Sakuta and Mai are great. They have good chemistry with one another, they care for each other, and they make a cute couple.
Final Score
The final score for Rascal Doesn’t Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai is a 9/10 with a must watch stamp of approval. This is a great series worth checking out. It blew all my expectations away and I’m sure it’ll do the same to you when you watch it. Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next time on Project Nitsuj.